[8u] RFR 8225425: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: net.dll: Can't find dependent libraries

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On 9/23/19 7:55 AM, Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> On 16/09/2019 12:40, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
>> On 9/12/19 4:55 AM, Andrew John Hughes wrote:
>>> Why is this being backported as part of this and not a backport of
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8220575 which would also mean
>>> we get the advantages of introducing this helper class in other tests?
>>
>> Because this is a critical bugfix, and we don't want to pull in more that necessary. It also matches
>> what was done in 11u.
> 
> I'm not sure that's a great reason to do a rushed job. And I would have
> said the same for 11, FWIW.

Granted, English is not my mother tongue, but the dictionary says "rushed job" implies this is done
without care. However, this patch is done with care to minimize test dependencies pushed to
stabilizing tree. For the regular backport with the weeks of spare time ahead, I would bring more
dependencies that can be tested more thoroughly; but this one is not a regular backport.

> At the very least, it should be flagged for later backport.

Flagged.

> Approved for 8u.

Pushed.

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Thanks,
-Aleksey